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7th Circ. Backs Developer's Conviction In Bank Fraud Case
By Celeste Bott
The Seventh Circuit affirmed Tuesday a real estate developer's conviction for his role in a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme at a now-shuttered Chicago bank, saying while the line "separating an improper lending relationship from criminality was not obvious in this case," the government presented enough evidence for jurors to conclude he knowingly participated in the fraud.
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Ex-US Attys Protest Trump's Swift Firing Of Rogoff In Seattle
By Rachel Riley
Thirty former U.S. attorneys backed Roger Rogoff's bid for reinstatement as Seattle's top federal prosecutor after President Donald Trump fired him on the heels of his court-ordered appointment, arguing Tuesday that Trump is trying to "sidestep the Senate's advice-and-consent role and sideline the judiciary" by letting unappointed individuals play such roles.
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Sinema Says Brief Signal Chat Can't Anchor NC Affair Suit
By Hayley Fowler
A single exchange on the encrypted messaging app Signal became the focal point of former Arizona U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's testimony on Wednesday as she sought to convince a North Carolina federal judge that she cannot be hauled into court in the Tar Heel state over an affair — which she declined to characterize as a "passionate" romance — she had with her married security guard.
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